hara-kiri for women
December 19, 2006

Women have their own ritual suicide, jigai. Here, the wife of Onodera Junai, one of the Forty-seven Ronin, prepares for her suicide; note the legs tied together, a female feature of seppuku to ensure a “decent” posture in death.
(and since its a cut to the jugular vein, jigai can be performed without an audience.)
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